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S. F. GIBSON.

STOVE HOOK.

No. 839,637 Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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SELDEN GIBSON, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO XVILLIAM H. STEVENS, OF SAME PLACE.

STOVE-HOOK.

QYPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,637,6ated April 13, 1886.

Application filed October 31, 1895. Serial. No. 18!,483. (No model.)

To all whom it 721mg concern:

Be it known that I, SELDEN F. GIBSON, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, havein vented a new and Improved Stove-Hook for Use in Opening Stove-Doors, Slides, and Dampers, particularly when they are too hot to be handled by the naked hand, of which the following is a specification.

I am aware that a device has been used for the purpose of opening stove'doors, which device consists of a wooden handle attached to the stovedoor by a wire loop; but such a device is notseparate from the stove, and the bandleis not held clear of the stove or kept cool, as mine is, when not in use.

The following is a sufficient description of my device to enable one skilled in the art to construct the same, reference being had to the drawing, making apart of this specification.

In the drawing, A is the handle. B is the bow or U, and G the spread.

To construct my stove hook, take a piece of wire ofsnitablelength,andbenditfromtheniiddle into the form of the letter U. Then bend both lengths at right angles to the U, so as to leave the U about one inch in length and half an inch widcl'roln side to side, forming a shoulder. The portions of the wire so bent at right angles are then spread into the form of ahorseshoe, reversed, and the ends brought together and inserted into a small wooden handle, strengthened at the point of insertion by a metal ferrule.

Most modern stoves and ranges are furnished with a number of knobs. My hoolnwhen not in use, may be hung up on the stovedoor knob by the how, the shoulder at the angle sustaining the handle free and clear from the heated surface of the stove. When used to open a door, the knob is freely admitted through the spread of the wire, while the bend of the bow engages the shank of the knob, and so enables one to open or close the stove-doors,dampers, or slides Without burning or soiling the hands.

I claim as my invention The combination of the handle A with a wire s0 turned as to form a spread or 1oop,O, having a bow, B, opposite the handle A,standing at right angles to the handle A and spread or loop (J, in form and for the purpose substantially as shown and described.

In witness that I claim the foregoing as my own I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SELDEN F. GIBSON.

Vitnesses:

ABNER H. Davis, ALBERT G. CORLISS. 

